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Norman Frederick Kerr

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Norman Frederick Kerr

Birth
Neal, Greenwood County, Kansas, USA
Death
26 Sep 1952 (aged 71)
Tonopah, Nye County, Nevada, USA
Burial
Tonopah, Nye County, Nevada, USA Add to Map
Plot
Elks Plot, Section 2, Block I, Lot 30
Memorial ID
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1910 Rough and Ready, Nevada, CA
Living in the household of Carlton, Veronica and Grace Manasco
Norman F. Kerr 29 Single, KS, foreman of a gold mine
Edith B. Kerr 68 (born about 1842), widowed Born France, Dad Ireland, Mom England, had 6 children, 3 still living, immigrated 1871

On Sep 12, 1918 when Norman Frederick Kerr signed his WWI Draft Registration Card he was living at the Rialto Hotel, 325 Sutter Street, San Francisco.
He states his nearest relative is H. O. Cummins in Redding, CA.
He is woring in the mining industry.
Medium height and build, blue eyes and brown hair.

1920 Tybo, Nye, NV
Norman Kerr, aged 38, (born about 1882) KS
Father born in Scotland, mother born in England
Note: Many times I have seen difference between census records but these are the same family.

1930 Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Norman is a lodger with dozens of others, mostly men, he is a mining engineer.
There is also among the men a Warren H. Kerr born about 1883 in PA, his parents were born in NY, he was a salesman of real estate. Most likely this is just a coincidence rather than a relative.

Nevada State Journal, 28 Sep 1952
Norman F. Kerr Dies In Tonopah

"Tonopah, Sept 27, - Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. under the auspices of the Tonopah Elks Lodge for Norman F. Kerr, southern Nevada mining man who died Friday at Nye General Hospital.

Born in Neal, Kansas, February 26, 1881, Mr. Kerr came to Nevada 30 years ago. He discovered valuable mining property at Tybo which he sold in 1924 to Treadwell-Yukon.

In recent years he has been custodian of the bank building.

A brother, A.S. Kerr of Toronto, Kansas and a sister, Mrs. R. H. Moore, Yates Center, Kansas, survive."

Nevada State Journal 3 Oct 1952
Kerr Funeral Held By Tonopah Lodge

"Tonopah, Oct 2 - Elks funeral services for Norman F. Kerr, southern Nevada mining man who died here last Friday, were held from the lodge hall on Monday afternoon. Lloyd Morris, exalted ruler, directed the last rites and vocal solos were rendered by Mrs. Jess Titlow, accompanied by Mrs. William Frank.

Burial took place in the Elks plot of the Tonopah Cemetery and casketbearers were John Cavanaugh, Charles Cavanaugh, Jack Hall, Alex Ferguson, King Marco and Antone Johnson."
1910 Rough and Ready, Nevada, CA
Living in the household of Carlton, Veronica and Grace Manasco
Norman F. Kerr 29 Single, KS, foreman of a gold mine
Edith B. Kerr 68 (born about 1842), widowed Born France, Dad Ireland, Mom England, had 6 children, 3 still living, immigrated 1871

On Sep 12, 1918 when Norman Frederick Kerr signed his WWI Draft Registration Card he was living at the Rialto Hotel, 325 Sutter Street, San Francisco.
He states his nearest relative is H. O. Cummins in Redding, CA.
He is woring in the mining industry.
Medium height and build, blue eyes and brown hair.

1920 Tybo, Nye, NV
Norman Kerr, aged 38, (born about 1882) KS
Father born in Scotland, mother born in England
Note: Many times I have seen difference between census records but these are the same family.

1930 Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Norman is a lodger with dozens of others, mostly men, he is a mining engineer.
There is also among the men a Warren H. Kerr born about 1883 in PA, his parents were born in NY, he was a salesman of real estate. Most likely this is just a coincidence rather than a relative.

Nevada State Journal, 28 Sep 1952
Norman F. Kerr Dies In Tonopah

"Tonopah, Sept 27, - Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. under the auspices of the Tonopah Elks Lodge for Norman F. Kerr, southern Nevada mining man who died Friday at Nye General Hospital.

Born in Neal, Kansas, February 26, 1881, Mr. Kerr came to Nevada 30 years ago. He discovered valuable mining property at Tybo which he sold in 1924 to Treadwell-Yukon.

In recent years he has been custodian of the bank building.

A brother, A.S. Kerr of Toronto, Kansas and a sister, Mrs. R. H. Moore, Yates Center, Kansas, survive."

Nevada State Journal 3 Oct 1952
Kerr Funeral Held By Tonopah Lodge

"Tonopah, Oct 2 - Elks funeral services for Norman F. Kerr, southern Nevada mining man who died here last Friday, were held from the lodge hall on Monday afternoon. Lloyd Morris, exalted ruler, directed the last rites and vocal solos were rendered by Mrs. Jess Titlow, accompanied by Mrs. William Frank.

Burial took place in the Elks plot of the Tonopah Cemetery and casketbearers were John Cavanaugh, Charles Cavanaugh, Jack Hall, Alex Ferguson, King Marco and Antone Johnson."


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